The Clue
Cut, as a film (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EDIT is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alter
Emend
Modify
Redact
Rephrase
Revise
Rewrite
Better copy
Better writing
Blue-pencil
Bowdlerize, e.g.
Change, as text
Cut for a column
Delete, with "out"
Exchange words?
Fix, as copy
Handle copy
Pare, say
Prepare for publication
Ready for publication
Returning tide?
Revise for publication
Tighten prose
Work on galleys
Cut movie footage
Cut and paste, say
Do galley work
Do a magazine job
Emulate Edward Bok
Emulate Horace Greeley
Emulate Maxwell Perkins
Emulate Robert Giroux
Go to work on Time?
Mark up, perhaps
Move text around
PC menu heading
Put in or take out
Tidy up, in a way
What diaskeuasts do
Do desk work at a newspaper
Do some copy work
Do some cutting, maybe
Take out or put in, e.g.
Use a word processor, maybe
Definition
EDIT as a verb:
1. (edit, redact) = prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
2. supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
3. (edit, cut, edit out) = cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
4. (edit, blue-pencil, delete) = cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"